Sebastian Sinclair

Sebastian Sinclair is the market and news reporter for CoinDesk operating in the South East Asia timezone. He has experience trading in the cryptocurrency markets, providing technical analysis and covering news developments affecting the movements on bitcoin and the industry as a whole. He currently holds no cryptocurrencies.

Sebastian Sinclair

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Markets

Travel Management Firm CWT Pays Out $4.5M in Bitcoin After Ransomware Attack

The U.S. firm paid out a ransom of 414 bitcoin after its corporate files were locked up by the Ragnar Locker malware.

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Finance

Charlie Lee, Adam Back Lead $3.1M Private Token Raise for Blockchain Game Infinite Fleet

A game developed by Samson Mow's Pixelmatic has completed a $3.1 million private SAFT sale of tokens.

Infinite Fleet artwork

Finance

KeeperDAO Raises Seven-Figure Seed Investment From Polychain, Three Arrows

The funding comes at a time when DeFi has seen an explosion in growth.

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Policy

Ripple Says XRP Lawsuit Based on 'Unsupported Leaps of Logic'

Ripple has hit back at the lead plaintiff in an ongoing class-action lawsuit that accuses the firm and its CEO of securities fraud.

Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple CEO, speaks at Davos 2020. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Twitter Says 'Phone Spear Phishing' Let Hackers Gain Employee Credentials

Twitter has provided an update on what happened the day the social media giant lost control over its platform.

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Finance

Malaysia's Stock Exchange Eyes Blockchain for Bond Market Digitization

Known as Project Harbour, the initiative will use distributed ledger technology as a register for a bond marketplace.

Bursa Malaysia (Goombung/Shutterstock)

Tech

Cardano Introduces Proof-of-Stake With 'Shelley' Hard Fork

It's alive! Cardano has successfully hard forked to its major upgrade, Shelley, which introduced proof-of-stake to the network.

Mary Shelley wrote the Gothic novel "Frankenstein." Boris Karloff starred in the 1931 movie version. (Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Coinbase Now Offers 2% Rewards on Dai Stablecoin Accounts

The program applies to customers residing in the U.S., U.K., The Netherlands, Spain, France and Australia.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Finance

Pantera Capital Leads $2.6M Seed Round for DEX Protocol Injective

The protocol, incubated by Binance Labs, sets out to solve some of the issues facing users of decentralized exchanges.

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Policy

Australian Crypto Exchanges Partner With Koinly to Simplify Tax Reporting for Users

With tax reports for crypto transactions being complex and time-consuming to prepare, Koinly said its service automates the process in just minutes.

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